LAKELAND, Fla. — At 9:30 Tuesday morning the Blue Jays hadn’t named an Opening Day starter to face the Yankees on March 29 in Toronto, so Aaron Boone wasn’t ready to offer a glimpse of what his lineup will look like.
Not long after Boone left his office at George M. Steinbrenner Field to watch Sonny Gray pitch at the minor league complex, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons tabbed veteran lefty J.A. Happ to open the season against a team he has dominated recently.
Immediately, the guessing game began. Would Boone play Giancarlo Stanton in left instead of Brett Gardner, a career .